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Long Time Coming

As a PRS player since 1985 and an official signature artist since 2007, David Grissom seems rather late in joining the SE party. What took so long? “Maybe they were reluctant to bring it up with me because I tend to be pretty hands on,” laughs David today. “To be honest, I’m pretty shocked because the DGT actually came out some 15 years ago. I thought it’d have a lifespan of three or four years and here it is doing better than ever, so PRS is doing something right – we’re doing something right. I guess they thought this was the right time.”

PRS’s COO, Jack Higginbotham, weighs in: “I always liked David personally and his guitar playing; he’s very talented and I’m always surprised when other people aren’t [so] familiar with him. I like the thought of giving him his due.

“I have a friend who owns an older DGT model,” Jack continues, “and I mentioned we were working with David on a new pickup and he said he’d like to check those out, so he shipped me the guitar so we could get it

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